The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-05
POKER CHIPS
Something About tho Little Disks which
Many People Handle.

Don't play poker with man who juggles
with his checks. Distrust him II you find that
In a moment OF abstraction he picks up q
stack Of whites and drops the checks one at q
time from the bottom Of the pile and makes
each one turn completely over and yet land
squareiy upon the one beneath 1t. Suspect
him II he can divide stack and run It together
again with one hand. Such familiarity with
the disks betokens long experience. and II he
is not professional he is at least man who
has spent years in acquiring this proficiency
at the green covered tables Few amateurs
have these tricks. and, while professionals
who have learned them may try hard to avoid
practising them. they will all do 1t mad
vertently In moments Of abstraction. and you
can generally make UP your mind that It is un-
profitable to sit long in their company"
The speaker was dealer in sporting arti-
cles. and while talking he illustrated his re.
marks by deity mingling red. white. and blue
poker chips with one hand. These are COM
position chips" he said. Even in poker chips
there has been q great improvement in the
last decade. In old times we used nothing but
ivory. and they cost from $40 to s75 hundred.
according to the amount Of artistic handiwork
displayed upon them. Then the chips were
like coins and stack was worth its weight in
s we now sell Tor from 80 to sas a thousand.
to the row ownsss they we're Seriously affected
sas SsFs sSape he Checks arg
wh ana eauR hS
stack up evenly. for the. adept poker player
Pss s & sSns ssans s' Ss sds
Of an odd stack and cut OF Ave more. Putting
the twe hves togsshsE he ha, the gage Of hal,
checks from tho pile to mako an even stack
He viii keep that stack whole as long as he
ss ese W % aspSs & al SoT SSg
miaht H Be faulty All the checks in use now are
bsr eePuod checRs are sold IN
able quantities, but neither OF these materials
Il %sa as s
VIZ Here Her Is a CHECK made I In Newark. The ma
sition. The manufaeturer has made at least
are %aas " III
ed presses, and these lines and figures which
ok IKE 1Es are By
at considerable coast, and the only low. priced
Yds saest sse S q
ameter and thickness OF Q silver dollar. The
apoSs %0sfb I But thu bSs
They mako fancy buttons, checkers, and mar
white sa shssf weh s1 Outlined
In blue. and here are blue and red checks. with
rs witty He s sen sds ss
their originators. A year Or two ago. one 81
lion checks OF this size with the advertisement
Of a brand Of chewing tobacco upon them.
bbs sssss SfPh sm aed
ibid the gift OF this quantity OF checks
the time, and the increase is largely due to the
popularity Of n draw poker as
or SIX 90 es
men make up q club to PLAY. at one anothers
houses ana each one hss to ha fun Oa
room. one set Of checks would answer for ali.
Cheeks Ihs pay g like 10 IS have h sI fer the
have the their Ai faSorite designs and BECAUSE BECAUSE
they tax hsm he The they
buys nothing for his trade but the horse shoe hoe
nothing but shamrocks, The .mem6ers have
firth b.IS luck dt The 5eS We
es his k Hr 8 aar
third red. and he remander divided between s
to one yellow. yellow Is almost invariably used
for the highest priced cheeks, and white for the
100 checks. Half OF them are white and the
blue One box Is not enough for an ordinary
poker paay and some little poker circles that
Of Ave players should Be able to get along mics.
ly with 200 checks, but many players have
prejudice against selling from their winnings,
and tho ban ker may run out Of checks whiO
they are stacked up on the table In front OF one
or two lucky men who th.nk that 1t Will break
they are ready to quit the game. Nearly all
poker players are superstluous to degree"